Plant Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Butter Bean; Lima Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROTEIN	0	Seed	68400.0	287000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Sprout Seedling	130000.0	361000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	3090.0	14079.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.3	5.1	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Sprout Seedling	1.4	3.9	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	4270.0	15900.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	1620.0	6653.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	5.0	269.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	220.0	739.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	1.0	100.0	2.46	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	1.6	7.4	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Sprout Seedling	0.1	4.7	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2900.0	10320.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.0	20.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	900.0	3024.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	2200.0	8450.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	4270.0	14370.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Seed	0.2	3.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	2.0	7.2	0.97	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.